# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Bruce Pascoe - The European Mind Brisbane Book Launch
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+10:00)
- **Event Description**: WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER | ITHACA AUDITORIUM - BRISBANE CITY HALL

6pm for a 6.30pm start | 60 mins

Rhianna Patrick will be in conversation with Bruce Pascoe for his book The European Mind. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

The European Mind is a global examination of Western power informed by a First Nations perspective; Christianity, Capitalism, Colonialism and how our colonial history directly impacts where we are now. The European Mind contends that European imperialism was not only driven by economic and exploratory factors but motivated by a self-perpetuating belief based on moral superiority, racial hierarchy, spiritual entitlement and an insatiable greed paraded as economics. Pascoe traces how these ideas became a ‘truth’ through which religion, history, myth and storytelling changed the lives of countless peoples, countries and continents through violence, dispossession and environmental exploitation.

Framed by a First Nations philosophy, The European Mind challenges what we think we know about ‘history’ and picks apart beliefs and truths that sit at the heart of our society. Pascoe proposes meaningful change through shifts in cultural and moral thought, the rebalancing of relationships, demolishing the myth of superiority and a rethinking of capitalism as the only system. The European Mind critiques the ideas behind empire and takes readers on a journey of how we arrived here and where we hope to be.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bruce Pascoe is an Aboriginal farmer and writer of literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays and children’s literature, based on Yuin Country. His publications have won numerous awards including the NSW Premier’s Award for Literature, the Booksellers Association Prize and the CBCA Eve Pownall award.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brisbane/bruce-pascoe-the-european-mind-brisbane-book-launch/200030697792502
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Brisbane
- **state**: QL
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Brisbane City Hall
- **lat**: -27.4688
- **long**: 153.024
- **full address**: Brisbane City Hall, Adelaide Street, Brisbane City, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Bruce Pascoe - The European Mind Brisbane Book Launch being held?
  - **A:** Bruce Pascoe - The European Mind Brisbane Book Launch takes place on Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 07 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Brisbane City Hall, Adelaide Street, Brisbane City, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Bruce Pascoe - The European Mind Brisbane Book Launch?
  - **A:** Bruce Pascoe - The European Mind Brisbane Book Launch is organized by Avid Reader Bookshop.

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